{"id":12959,"date":"2026-08-16T10:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12959"},"modified":"2026-08-16T10:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:36:07","slug":"didnt-call-opposition-leaders-dimagi-naxals-rijiju-on-pm-modis-i-day-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=12959","title":{"rendered":"‘Didn’t call opposition leaders dimagi naxals’: Rijiju on PM Modi’s I-Day remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Rijiju said that Prime Minister’s remarks were not meant for opposition leaders.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju<\/a> on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a>‘s remarks on “dimagi naxals” were not meant for the opposition leaders.Amid opposition’s criticism over PM’s remarks during his Independence Day speech, Rijiju said that the “dimagi naxals” referred only to those who supported Maoists and rejected Constitution.“PM Narendra Modi ji didn’t say opposition leaders as dimagi naxals,” Rijiju said in a social media post on X.“Only following are dimagi naxals: 1. Who support Maoists and reject Indian Constitution. 2. Who stand with separatists & support Article 370. 3. Who want to cut chicken neck to separate North-East from India,” he added.In his Independence Day speech, PM Modi said that while Naxals who took up arms in the jungle have been eliminated, there are also “dimagi naxals”, who are in various parts of the country and need to be “identified and isolated.”“For years, people with Maoist thinking were there in public life, even in government committees this thinking had affected various institutions and initiatives. My dear countrymen, we have been able to curb and free the country from ‘hathariya naxal’ (armed naxal),” The Prime Minister said.“Even if these naxals are gone, but the ‘dimagi naxal’ (people with naxal thinking), are looking for an opportunity, looking to see ways of violence, and trying to drag the country to a wrong path. We need to identify these dimagi naxal, isolate them, and bring the youth together for a developed country,” he added.Soon after his speech, Congress<\/a> dismissed PM Modi’s warnings against “dimagi naxals” as hollow political rhetoric.Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the term carries no real substance, drawing a parallel to previous debates surrounding the phrase “urban naxal”.<\/p>\n

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